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SUMMARY:Chile's 9/11: Fifty Years of Literary Resistance
DESCRIPTION:Weekly reading group in progress\, ending 2/8/24.   \nSeptember 2023 marked fifty years since the overthrow of Salvador Allende’s socialist government on September 11\, 1973. To honor the struggles and sufferings of the Chilean people\, the MEP’s Literature Group dedicates this reading group to Chilean writers active before\, during\, and since the Pinochet dictatorship. In addition to the justly well-known writings of Roberto Bolaño\, many of our readings will be from translations by Megan McDowell. McDowell has worked with US and British independent publishers to promote a diverse group of writers largely unfamiliar to American audiences. Our aim\, to quote McDowell\, is “to expand our circles of empathy.” \nFull book descriptions and a reading schedule are available here.\nTo participate\, send email to info@marxedproject.org \nConvened by Jacqueline Cantwell\, who became involved with the MEP’s Literature Group because of her love of Victor Serge’s novels. Participating in an MEP reading group led by Serge translator Richard Greeman seven years ago\, Jacqueline found a community of readers eager to be challenged by the ambitions of international writers devoted to the creative potential of political fiction. Since the death of Michael Lardner\, who hosted and organized the Literature Group for so many years\, she has taken the lead in furthering the group’s goals of exploring international fiction and encouraging thoughtful conversation.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/chile-literary-resistance-2-3/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:American Imperialism,Anti-fascism,Classes/Events,Cultural Resistance,History,Insurgency,Latin America,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Neo-fascism,Radical Literature,Socialism
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SUMMARY:Chile's 9/11: Fifty Years of Literary Resistance
DESCRIPTION:September 2023 marks fifty years since the overthrow of Salvador Allende’s socialist government on September 11\, 1973. To honor the struggles and sufferings of the Chilean people\, the MEP’s Literature Group dedicates two eight-week series to Chilean writers active before\, during\, and since the Pinochet dictatorship. In addition to the justly well-known writings of Roberto Bolaño\, many of our readings will be from translations by Megan McDowell. McDowell has worked with US and British independent publishers to promote a diverse group of writers largely unfamiliar to American audiences. Our aim\, to quote McDowell\, is “to expand our circles of empathy.” \nFull book descriptions and a reading schedule are available here. \nConvened by Jacqueline Cantwell\, who became involved with the MEP’s Literature Group because of her love of Victor Serge’s novels. Participating in an MEP reading group led by Serge translator Richard Greeman seven years ago\, Jacqueline found a community of readers eager to be challenged by the ambitions of international writers devoted to the creative potential of political fiction. Since the death of Michael Lardner\, who hosted and organized the Literature Group for so many years\, she has taken the lead in furthering the group’s goals of exploring international fiction and encouraging thoughtful conversation.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/chile-literary-resistance/2023-11-16/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:American Imperialism,Anti-fascism,Classes/Events,Cultural Resistance,History,Insurgency,Latin America,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Neo-fascism,Radical Literature,Socialism
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SUMMARY:Chile's 9/11: Fifty Years of Literary Resistance
DESCRIPTION:September 2023 marks fifty years since the overthrow of Salvador Allende’s socialist government on September 11\, 1973. To honor the struggles and sufferings of the Chilean people\, the MEP’s Literature Group dedicates two eight-week series to Chilean writers active before\, during\, and since the Pinochet dictatorship. In addition to the justly well-known writings of Roberto Bolaño\, many of our readings will be from translations by Megan McDowell. McDowell has worked with US and British independent publishers to promote a diverse group of writers largely unfamiliar to American audiences. Our aim\, to quote McDowell\, is “to expand our circles of empathy.” \nFull book descriptions and a reading schedule are available here. \nConvened by Jacqueline Cantwell\, who became involved with the MEP’s Literature Group because of her love of Victor Serge’s novels. Participating in an MEP reading group led by Serge translator Richard Greeman seven years ago\, Jacqueline found a community of readers eager to be challenged by the ambitions of international writers devoted to the creative potential of political fiction. Since the death of Michael Lardner\, who hosted and organized the Literature Group for so many years\, she has taken the lead in furthering the group’s goals of exploring international fiction and encouraging thoughtful conversation.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/chile-literary-resistance/2023-11-09/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:American Imperialism,Anti-fascism,Classes/Events,Cultural Resistance,History,Insurgency,Latin America,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Neo-fascism,Radical Literature,Socialism
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SUMMARY:Chile's 9/11: Fifty Years of Literary Resistance
DESCRIPTION:September 2023 marks fifty years since the overthrow of Salvador Allende’s socialist government on September 11\, 1973. To honor the struggles and sufferings of the Chilean people\, the MEP’s Literature Group dedicates two eight-week series to Chilean writers active before\, during\, and since the Pinochet dictatorship. In addition to the justly well-known writings of Roberto Bolaño\, many of our readings will be from translations by Megan McDowell. McDowell has worked with US and British independent publishers to promote a diverse group of writers largely unfamiliar to American audiences. Our aim\, to quote McDowell\, is “to expand our circles of empathy.” \nFull book descriptions and a reading schedule are available here. \nConvened by Jacqueline Cantwell\, who became involved with the MEP’s Literature Group because of her love of Victor Serge’s novels. Participating in an MEP reading group led by Serge translator Richard Greeman seven years ago\, Jacqueline found a community of readers eager to be challenged by the ambitions of international writers devoted to the creative potential of political fiction. Since the death of Michael Lardner\, who hosted and organized the Literature Group for so many years\, she has taken the lead in furthering the group’s goals of exploring international fiction and encouraging thoughtful conversation.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/chile-literary-resistance/2023-11-02/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:American Imperialism,Anti-fascism,Classes/Events,Cultural Resistance,History,Insurgency,Latin America,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Neo-fascism,Radical Literature,Socialism
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SUMMARY:Chile's 9/11: Fifty Years of Literary Resistance
DESCRIPTION:September 2023 marks fifty years since the overthrow of Salvador Allende’s socialist government on September 11\, 1973. To honor the struggles and sufferings of the Chilean people\, the MEP’s Literature Group dedicates two eight-week series to Chilean writers active before\, during\, and since the Pinochet dictatorship. In addition to the justly well-known writings of Roberto Bolaño\, many of our readings will be from translations by Megan McDowell. McDowell has worked with US and British independent publishers to promote a diverse group of writers largely unfamiliar to American audiences. Our aim\, to quote McDowell\, is “to expand our circles of empathy.” \nFull book descriptions and a reading schedule are available here. \nConvened by Jacqueline Cantwell\, who became involved with the MEP’s Literature Group because of her love of Victor Serge’s novels. Participating in an MEP reading group led by Serge translator Richard Greeman seven years ago\, Jacqueline found a community of readers eager to be challenged by the ambitions of international writers devoted to the creative potential of political fiction. Since the death of Michael Lardner\, who hosted and organized the Literature Group for so many years\, she has taken the lead in furthering the group’s goals of exploring international fiction and encouraging thoughtful conversation.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/chile-literary-resistance/2023-10-26/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:American Imperialism,Anti-fascism,Classes/Events,Cultural Resistance,History,Insurgency,Latin America,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Neo-fascism,Radical Literature,Socialism
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SUMMARY:Chile's 9/11: Fifty Years of Literary Resistance
DESCRIPTION:September 2023 marks fifty years since the overthrow of Salvador Allende’s socialist government on September 11\, 1973. To honor the struggles and sufferings of the Chilean people\, the MEP’s Literature Group dedicates two eight-week series to Chilean writers active before\, during\, and since the Pinochet dictatorship. In addition to the justly well-known writings of Roberto Bolaño\, many of our readings will be from translations by Megan McDowell. McDowell has worked with US and British independent publishers to promote a diverse group of writers largely unfamiliar to American audiences. Our aim\, to quote McDowell\, is “to expand our circles of empathy.” \nFull book descriptions and a reading schedule are available here. \nConvened by Jacqueline Cantwell\, who became involved with the MEP’s Literature Group because of her love of Victor Serge’s novels. Participating in an MEP reading group led by Serge translator Richard Greeman seven years ago\, Jacqueline found a community of readers eager to be challenged by the ambitions of international writers devoted to the creative potential of political fiction. Since the death of Michael Lardner\, who hosted and organized the Literature Group for so many years\, she has taken the lead in furthering the group’s goals of exploring international fiction and encouraging thoughtful conversation.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/chile-literary-resistance/2023-10-19/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:American Imperialism,Anti-fascism,Classes/Events,Cultural Resistance,History,Insurgency,Latin America,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Neo-fascism,Radical Literature,Socialism
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SUMMARY:Chile's 9/11: Fifty Years of Literary Resistance
DESCRIPTION:September 2023 marks fifty years since the overthrow of Salvador Allende’s socialist government on September 11\, 1973. To honor the struggles and sufferings of the Chilean people\, the MEP’s Literature Group dedicates two eight-week series to Chilean writers active before\, during\, and since the Pinochet dictatorship. In addition to the justly well-known writings of Roberto Bolaño\, many of our readings will be from translations by Megan McDowell. McDowell has worked with US and British independent publishers to promote a diverse group of writers largely unfamiliar to American audiences. Our aim\, to quote McDowell\, is “to expand our circles of empathy.” \nFull book descriptions and a reading schedule are available here. \nConvened by Jacqueline Cantwell\, who became involved with the MEP’s Literature Group because of her love of Victor Serge’s novels. Participating in an MEP reading group led by Serge translator Richard Greeman seven years ago\, Jacqueline found a community of readers eager to be challenged by the ambitions of international writers devoted to the creative potential of political fiction. Since the death of Michael Lardner\, who hosted and organized the Literature Group for so many years\, she has taken the lead in furthering the group’s goals of exploring international fiction and encouraging thoughtful conversation.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/chile-literary-resistance/2023-10-12/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:American Imperialism,Anti-fascism,Classes/Events,Cultural Resistance,History,Insurgency,Latin America,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Neo-fascism,Radical Literature,Socialism
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SUMMARY:Chile's 9/11: Fifty Years of Literary Resistance
DESCRIPTION:September 2023 marks fifty years since the overthrow of Salvador Allende’s socialist government on September 11\, 1973. To honor the struggles and sufferings of the Chilean people\, the MEP’s Literature Group dedicates two eight-week series to Chilean writers active before\, during\, and since the Pinochet dictatorship. In addition to the justly well-known writings of Roberto Bolaño\, many of our readings will be from translations by Megan McDowell. McDowell has worked with US and British independent publishers to promote a diverse group of writers largely unfamiliar to American audiences. Our aim\, to quote McDowell\, is “to expand our circles of empathy.” \nFull book descriptions and a reading schedule are available here. \nConvened by Jacqueline Cantwell\, who became involved with the MEP’s Literature Group because of her love of Victor Serge’s novels. Participating in an MEP reading group led by Serge translator Richard Greeman seven years ago\, Jacqueline found a community of readers eager to be challenged by the ambitions of international writers devoted to the creative potential of political fiction. Since the death of Michael Lardner\, who hosted and organized the Literature Group for so many years\, she has taken the lead in furthering the group’s goals of exploring international fiction and encouraging thoughtful conversation.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/chile-literary-resistance/2023-10-05/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:American Imperialism,Anti-fascism,Classes/Events,Cultural Resistance,History,Insurgency,Latin America,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Neo-fascism,Radical Literature,Socialism
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SUMMARY:Chile's 9/11: Fifty Years of Literary Resistance
DESCRIPTION:September 2023 marks fifty years since the overthrow of Salvador Allende’s socialist government on September 11\, 1973. To honor the struggles and sufferings of the Chilean people\, the MEP’s Literature Group dedicates two eight-week series to Chilean writers active before\, during\, and since the Pinochet dictatorship. In addition to the justly well-known writings of Roberto Bolaño\, many of our readings will be from translations by Megan McDowell. McDowell has worked with US and British independent publishers to promote a diverse group of writers largely unfamiliar to American audiences. Our aim\, to quote McDowell\, is “to expand our circles of empathy.” \nFull book descriptions and a reading schedule are available here. \nConvened by Jacqueline Cantwell\, who became involved with the MEP’s Literature Group because of her love of Victor Serge’s novels. Participating in an MEP reading group led by Serge translator Richard Greeman seven years ago\, Jacqueline found a community of readers eager to be challenged by the ambitions of international writers devoted to the creative potential of political fiction. Since the death of Michael Lardner\, who hosted and organized the Literature Group for so many years\, she has taken the lead in furthering the group’s goals of exploring international fiction and encouraging thoughtful conversation.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/chile-literary-resistance/2023-09-28/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:American Imperialism,Anti-fascism,Classes/Events,Cultural Resistance,History,Insurgency,Latin America,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Neo-fascism,Radical Literature,Socialism
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SUMMARY:Summertime … and the Living Ain't Easy: Black Noir
DESCRIPTION:The Marxist Education Project’s Literature Group continues its summertime tradition of reading noir fiction: the popular American crime genre that explores the corruption of society – and\, in our selected books by Black writers – corruption in the workplace\, in unions\, and among workers. “Mystery fiction written by Black authors is\, not surprisingly\, often very different from work in that broadly defined genre written by white writers.” –Black Noir \nWe will read these four books:\nIf He Hollers\, Let Him Go by Chester Himes\nA Red Death by Walter Mosley\nBlack Water Rising by Attica Locke\nThe Man Who Changed Colors by Bill Fletcher Jr. \nFull book descriptions and a reading schedule are available here. \nConvened by Jacqueline Cantwell\, who became involved with the MEP’s Literature Group because of her love of Victor Serge’s novels. Participating in an MEP reading group led by Serge translator Richard Greeman seven years ago\, Jacqueline found a community of readers eager to be challenged by the ambitions of international writers devoted to the creative potential of political fiction. Since the death of Michael Lardner\, who hosted and organized the Literature Group for so many years\, she has taken the lead in furthering the group’s goals of exploring international fiction and encouraging thoughtful conversation.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/black-noir/2023-08-24/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:African American History,Alienation,American Literature,Anti-capitalist Literature,Art and politics,Capital vs. Labor,Class,Classes/Events,Cultural Resistance,Literary Studies,Literature,Media Criticism,Modernity,Multi-session Classes,Noir Fiction,Race and Class,Radical Literature
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SUMMARY:Summertime … and the Living Ain't Easy: Black Noir
DESCRIPTION:The Marxist Education Project’s Literature Group continues its summertime tradition of reading noir fiction: the popular American crime genre that explores the corruption of society – and\, in our selected books by Black writers – corruption in the workplace\, in unions\, and among workers. “Mystery fiction written by Black authors is\, not surprisingly\, often very different from work in that broadly defined genre written by white writers.” –Black Noir \nWe will read these four books:\nIf He Hollers\, Let Him Go by Chester Himes\nA Red Death by Walter Mosley\nBlack Water Rising by Attica Locke\nThe Man Who Changed Colors by Bill Fletcher Jr. \nFull book descriptions and a reading schedule are available here. \nConvened by Jacqueline Cantwell\, who became involved with the MEP’s Literature Group because of her love of Victor Serge’s novels. Participating in an MEP reading group led by Serge translator Richard Greeman seven years ago\, Jacqueline found a community of readers eager to be challenged by the ambitions of international writers devoted to the creative potential of political fiction. Since the death of Michael Lardner\, who hosted and organized the Literature Group for so many years\, she has taken the lead in furthering the group’s goals of exploring international fiction and encouraging thoughtful conversation.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/black-noir/2023-08-17/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:African American History,Alienation,American Literature,Anti-capitalist Literature,Art and politics,Capital vs. Labor,Class,Classes/Events,Cultural Resistance,Literary Studies,Literature,Media Criticism,Modernity,Multi-session Classes,Noir Fiction,Race and Class,Radical Literature
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230810T190000
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SUMMARY:Summertime … and the Living Ain't Easy: Black Noir
DESCRIPTION:The Marxist Education Project’s Literature Group continues its summertime tradition of reading noir fiction: the popular American crime genre that explores the corruption of society – and\, in our selected books by Black writers – corruption in the workplace\, in unions\, and among workers. “Mystery fiction written by Black authors is\, not surprisingly\, often very different from work in that broadly defined genre written by white writers.” –Black Noir \nWe will read these four books:\nIf He Hollers\, Let Him Go by Chester Himes\nA Red Death by Walter Mosley\nBlack Water Rising by Attica Locke\nThe Man Who Changed Colors by Bill Fletcher Jr. \nFull book descriptions and a reading schedule are available here. \nConvened by Jacqueline Cantwell\, who became involved with the MEP’s Literature Group because of her love of Victor Serge’s novels. Participating in an MEP reading group led by Serge translator Richard Greeman seven years ago\, Jacqueline found a community of readers eager to be challenged by the ambitions of international writers devoted to the creative potential of political fiction. Since the death of Michael Lardner\, who hosted and organized the Literature Group for so many years\, she has taken the lead in furthering the group’s goals of exploring international fiction and encouraging thoughtful conversation.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/black-noir/2023-08-10/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:African American History,Alienation,American Literature,Anti-capitalist Literature,Art and politics,Capital vs. Labor,Class,Classes/Events,Cultural Resistance,Literary Studies,Literature,Media Criticism,Modernity,Multi-session Classes,Noir Fiction,Race and Class,Radical Literature
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SUMMARY:"We're Going on an Adventure": Summer Visionary Fiction
DESCRIPTION:The MEP’s Science and Visionary Fiction Reading Group will read Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Ruin this summer.  The catchphrase\, “We’re going on an adventure\,” signals the novel’s overlapping themes of contemporary significance–desperate efforts to escape war and corporate destruction on Earth\, species-level competition to make new homes elsewhere\, and the varieties and the social significance of artificial intelligence. \nAbove all\, the book continues the author’s exploration of empathy between his characters and with us\, his readers: “I wanted to write sections from the point of view of an octopus.” \nAs befits summertime reading\, we will add other selections as we go\, meshing these themes with the interests of the group.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/were-going-on-an-adventure-summer-visionary-fiction/2023-08-07/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Art and politics,Classes/Events,Evolutionary biology,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Science Fiction,Visionary Fiction,War Fiction
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230803T190000
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SUMMARY:Summertime … and the Living Ain't Easy: Black Noir
DESCRIPTION:The Marxist Education Project’s Literature Group continues its summertime tradition of reading noir fiction: the popular American crime genre that explores the corruption of society – and\, in our selected books by Black writers – corruption in the workplace\, in unions\, and among workers. “Mystery fiction written by Black authors is\, not surprisingly\, often very different from work in that broadly defined genre written by white writers.” –Black Noir \nWe will read these four books:\nIf He Hollers\, Let Him Go by Chester Himes\nA Red Death by Walter Mosley\nBlack Water Rising by Attica Locke\nThe Man Who Changed Colors by Bill Fletcher Jr. \nFull book descriptions and a reading schedule are available here. \nConvened by Jacqueline Cantwell\, who became involved with the MEP’s Literature Group because of her love of Victor Serge’s novels. Participating in an MEP reading group led by Serge translator Richard Greeman seven years ago\, Jacqueline found a community of readers eager to be challenged by the ambitions of international writers devoted to the creative potential of political fiction. Since the death of Michael Lardner\, who hosted and organized the Literature Group for so many years\, she has taken the lead in furthering the group’s goals of exploring international fiction and encouraging thoughtful conversation.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/black-noir/2023-08-03/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:African American History,Alienation,American Literature,Anti-capitalist Literature,Art and politics,Capital vs. Labor,Class,Classes/Events,Cultural Resistance,Literary Studies,Literature,Media Criticism,Modernity,Multi-session Classes,Noir Fiction,Race and Class,Radical Literature
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230731T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230731T183000
DTSTAMP:20230623T131928Z
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SUMMARY:"We're Going on an Adventure": Summer Visionary Fiction
DESCRIPTION:The MEP’s Science and Visionary Fiction Reading Group will read Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Ruin this summer.  The catchphrase\, “We’re going on an adventure\,” signals the novel’s overlapping themes of contemporary significance–desperate efforts to escape war and corporate destruction on Earth\, species-level competition to make new homes elsewhere\, and the varieties and the social significance of artificial intelligence. \nAbove all\, the book continues the author’s exploration of empathy between his characters and with us\, his readers: “I wanted to write sections from the point of view of an octopus.” \nAs befits summertime reading\, we will add other selections as we go\, meshing these themes with the interests of the group.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/were-going-on-an-adventure-summer-visionary-fiction/2023-07-31/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Art and politics,Classes/Events,Evolutionary biology,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Science Fiction,Visionary Fiction,War Fiction
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230727T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230727T203000
DTSTAMP:20230626T160923Z
CREATED:20230615T135643Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230626T160923Z
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SUMMARY:Summertime … and the Living Ain't Easy: Black Noir
DESCRIPTION:The Marxist Education Project’s Literature Group continues its summertime tradition of reading noir fiction: the popular American crime genre that explores the corruption of society – and\, in our selected books by Black writers – corruption in the workplace\, in unions\, and among workers. “Mystery fiction written by Black authors is\, not surprisingly\, often very different from work in that broadly defined genre written by white writers.” –Black Noir \nWe will read these four books:\nIf He Hollers\, Let Him Go by Chester Himes\nA Red Death by Walter Mosley\nBlack Water Rising by Attica Locke\nThe Man Who Changed Colors by Bill Fletcher Jr. \nFull book descriptions and a reading schedule are available here. \nConvened by Jacqueline Cantwell\, who became involved with the MEP’s Literature Group because of her love of Victor Serge’s novels. Participating in an MEP reading group led by Serge translator Richard Greeman seven years ago\, Jacqueline found a community of readers eager to be challenged by the ambitions of international writers devoted to the creative potential of political fiction. Since the death of Michael Lardner\, who hosted and organized the Literature Group for so many years\, she has taken the lead in furthering the group’s goals of exploring international fiction and encouraging thoughtful conversation.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/black-noir/2023-07-27/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:African American History,Alienation,American Literature,Anti-capitalist Literature,Art and politics,Capital vs. Labor,Class,Classes/Events,Cultural Resistance,Literary Studies,Literature,Media Criticism,Modernity,Multi-session Classes,Noir Fiction,Race and Class,Radical Literature
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230724T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230724T183000
DTSTAMP:20230623T131928Z
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SUMMARY:"We're Going on an Adventure": Summer Visionary Fiction
DESCRIPTION:The MEP’s Science and Visionary Fiction Reading Group will read Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Ruin this summer.  The catchphrase\, “We’re going on an adventure\,” signals the novel’s overlapping themes of contemporary significance–desperate efforts to escape war and corporate destruction on Earth\, species-level competition to make new homes elsewhere\, and the varieties and the social significance of artificial intelligence. \nAbove all\, the book continues the author’s exploration of empathy between his characters and with us\, his readers: “I wanted to write sections from the point of view of an octopus.” \nAs befits summertime reading\, we will add other selections as we go\, meshing these themes with the interests of the group.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/were-going-on-an-adventure-summer-visionary-fiction/2023-07-24/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Art and politics,Classes/Events,Evolutionary biology,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Science Fiction,Visionary Fiction,War Fiction
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230720T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230720T203000
DTSTAMP:20230626T160923Z
CREATED:20230615T135643Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230626T160923Z
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SUMMARY:Summertime … and the Living Ain't Easy: Black Noir
DESCRIPTION:The Marxist Education Project’s Literature Group continues its summertime tradition of reading noir fiction: the popular American crime genre that explores the corruption of society – and\, in our selected books by Black writers – corruption in the workplace\, in unions\, and among workers. “Mystery fiction written by Black authors is\, not surprisingly\, often very different from work in that broadly defined genre written by white writers.” –Black Noir \nWe will read these four books:\nIf He Hollers\, Let Him Go by Chester Himes\nA Red Death by Walter Mosley\nBlack Water Rising by Attica Locke\nThe Man Who Changed Colors by Bill Fletcher Jr. \nFull book descriptions and a reading schedule are available here. \nConvened by Jacqueline Cantwell\, who became involved with the MEP’s Literature Group because of her love of Victor Serge’s novels. Participating in an MEP reading group led by Serge translator Richard Greeman seven years ago\, Jacqueline found a community of readers eager to be challenged by the ambitions of international writers devoted to the creative potential of political fiction. Since the death of Michael Lardner\, who hosted and organized the Literature Group for so many years\, she has taken the lead in furthering the group’s goals of exploring international fiction and encouraging thoughtful conversation.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/black-noir/2023-07-20/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:African American History,Alienation,American Literature,Anti-capitalist Literature,Art and politics,Capital vs. Labor,Class,Classes/Events,Cultural Resistance,Literary Studies,Literature,Media Criticism,Modernity,Multi-session Classes,Noir Fiction,Race and Class,Radical Literature
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230717T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230717T183000
DTSTAMP:20230623T131928Z
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SUMMARY:"We're Going on an Adventure": Summer Visionary Fiction
DESCRIPTION:The MEP’s Science and Visionary Fiction Reading Group will read Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Ruin this summer.  The catchphrase\, “We’re going on an adventure\,” signals the novel’s overlapping themes of contemporary significance–desperate efforts to escape war and corporate destruction on Earth\, species-level competition to make new homes elsewhere\, and the varieties and the social significance of artificial intelligence. \nAbove all\, the book continues the author’s exploration of empathy between his characters and with us\, his readers: “I wanted to write sections from the point of view of an octopus.” \nAs befits summertime reading\, we will add other selections as we go\, meshing these themes with the interests of the group.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/were-going-on-an-adventure-summer-visionary-fiction/2023-07-17/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Art and politics,Classes/Events,Evolutionary biology,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Science Fiction,Visionary Fiction,War Fiction
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230713T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230713T203000
DTSTAMP:20230626T160923Z
CREATED:20230615T135643Z
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SUMMARY:Summertime … and the Living Ain't Easy: Black Noir
DESCRIPTION:The Marxist Education Project’s Literature Group continues its summertime tradition of reading noir fiction: the popular American crime genre that explores the corruption of society – and\, in our selected books by Black writers – corruption in the workplace\, in unions\, and among workers. “Mystery fiction written by Black authors is\, not surprisingly\, often very different from work in that broadly defined genre written by white writers.” –Black Noir \nWe will read these four books:\nIf He Hollers\, Let Him Go by Chester Himes\nA Red Death by Walter Mosley\nBlack Water Rising by Attica Locke\nThe Man Who Changed Colors by Bill Fletcher Jr. \nFull book descriptions and a reading schedule are available here. \nConvened by Jacqueline Cantwell\, who became involved with the MEP’s Literature Group because of her love of Victor Serge’s novels. Participating in an MEP reading group led by Serge translator Richard Greeman seven years ago\, Jacqueline found a community of readers eager to be challenged by the ambitions of international writers devoted to the creative potential of political fiction. Since the death of Michael Lardner\, who hosted and organized the Literature Group for so many years\, she has taken the lead in furthering the group’s goals of exploring international fiction and encouraging thoughtful conversation.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/black-noir/2023-07-13/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:African American History,Alienation,American Literature,Anti-capitalist Literature,Art and politics,Capital vs. Labor,Class,Classes/Events,Cultural Resistance,Literary Studies,Literature,Media Criticism,Modernity,Multi-session Classes,Noir Fiction,Race and Class,Radical Literature
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230710T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230710T183000
DTSTAMP:20230623T131928Z
CREATED:20230623T130650Z
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SUMMARY:"We're Going on an Adventure": Summer Visionary Fiction
DESCRIPTION:The MEP’s Science and Visionary Fiction Reading Group will read Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Ruin this summer.  The catchphrase\, “We’re going on an adventure\,” signals the novel’s overlapping themes of contemporary significance–desperate efforts to escape war and corporate destruction on Earth\, species-level competition to make new homes elsewhere\, and the varieties and the social significance of artificial intelligence. \nAbove all\, the book continues the author’s exploration of empathy between his characters and with us\, his readers: “I wanted to write sections from the point of view of an octopus.” \nAs befits summertime reading\, we will add other selections as we go\, meshing these themes with the interests of the group.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/were-going-on-an-adventure-summer-visionary-fiction/2023-07-10/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Art and politics,Classes/Events,Evolutionary biology,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Science Fiction,Visionary Fiction,War Fiction
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230706T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230706T203000
DTSTAMP:20230626T160923Z
CREATED:20230615T135643Z
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SUMMARY:Summertime … and the Living Ain't Easy: Black Noir
DESCRIPTION:The Marxist Education Project’s Literature Group continues its summertime tradition of reading noir fiction: the popular American crime genre that explores the corruption of society – and\, in our selected books by Black writers – corruption in the workplace\, in unions\, and among workers. “Mystery fiction written by Black authors is\, not surprisingly\, often very different from work in that broadly defined genre written by white writers.” –Black Noir \nWe will read these four books:\nIf He Hollers\, Let Him Go by Chester Himes\nA Red Death by Walter Mosley\nBlack Water Rising by Attica Locke\nThe Man Who Changed Colors by Bill Fletcher Jr. \nFull book descriptions and a reading schedule are available here. \nConvened by Jacqueline Cantwell\, who became involved with the MEP’s Literature Group because of her love of Victor Serge’s novels. Participating in an MEP reading group led by Serge translator Richard Greeman seven years ago\, Jacqueline found a community of readers eager to be challenged by the ambitions of international writers devoted to the creative potential of political fiction. Since the death of Michael Lardner\, who hosted and organized the Literature Group for so many years\, she has taken the lead in furthering the group’s goals of exploring international fiction and encouraging thoughtful conversation.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/black-noir/2023-07-06/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:African American History,Alienation,American Literature,Anti-capitalist Literature,Art and politics,Capital vs. Labor,Class,Classes/Events,Cultural Resistance,Literary Studies,Literature,Media Criticism,Modernity,Multi-session Classes,Noir Fiction,Race and Class,Radical Literature
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230703T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230703T183000
DTSTAMP:20230623T131928Z
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SUMMARY:"We're Going on an Adventure": Summer Visionary Fiction
DESCRIPTION:The MEP’s Science and Visionary Fiction Reading Group will read Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Ruin this summer.  The catchphrase\, “We’re going on an adventure\,” signals the novel’s overlapping themes of contemporary significance–desperate efforts to escape war and corporate destruction on Earth\, species-level competition to make new homes elsewhere\, and the varieties and the social significance of artificial intelligence. \nAbove all\, the book continues the author’s exploration of empathy between his characters and with us\, his readers: “I wanted to write sections from the point of view of an octopus.” \nAs befits summertime reading\, we will add other selections as we go\, meshing these themes with the interests of the group.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/were-going-on-an-adventure-summer-visionary-fiction/2023-07-03/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Art and politics,Classes/Events,Evolutionary biology,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Science Fiction,Visionary Fiction,War Fiction
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230629T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230629T203000
DTSTAMP:20230626T160923Z
CREATED:20230615T135643Z
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SUMMARY:Summertime … and the Living Ain't Easy: Black Noir
DESCRIPTION:The Marxist Education Project’s Literature Group continues its summertime tradition of reading noir fiction: the popular American crime genre that explores the corruption of society – and\, in our selected books by Black writers – corruption in the workplace\, in unions\, and among workers. “Mystery fiction written by Black authors is\, not surprisingly\, often very different from work in that broadly defined genre written by white writers.” –Black Noir \nWe will read these four books:\nIf He Hollers\, Let Him Go by Chester Himes\nA Red Death by Walter Mosley\nBlack Water Rising by Attica Locke\nThe Man Who Changed Colors by Bill Fletcher Jr. \nFull book descriptions and a reading schedule are available here. \nConvened by Jacqueline Cantwell\, who became involved with the MEP’s Literature Group because of her love of Victor Serge’s novels. Participating in an MEP reading group led by Serge translator Richard Greeman seven years ago\, Jacqueline found a community of readers eager to be challenged by the ambitions of international writers devoted to the creative potential of political fiction. Since the death of Michael Lardner\, who hosted and organized the Literature Group for so many years\, she has taken the lead in furthering the group’s goals of exploring international fiction and encouraging thoughtful conversation.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/black-noir/2023-06-29/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:African American History,Alienation,American Literature,Anti-capitalist Literature,Art and politics,Capital vs. Labor,Class,Classes/Events,Cultural Resistance,Literary Studies,Literature,Media Criticism,Modernity,Multi-session Classes,Noir Fiction,Race and Class,Radical Literature
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230626T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230626T183000
DTSTAMP:20230623T131928Z
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SUMMARY:"We're Going on an Adventure": Summer Visionary Fiction
DESCRIPTION:The MEP’s Science and Visionary Fiction Reading Group will read Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Ruin this summer.  The catchphrase\, “We’re going on an adventure\,” signals the novel’s overlapping themes of contemporary significance–desperate efforts to escape war and corporate destruction on Earth\, species-level competition to make new homes elsewhere\, and the varieties and the social significance of artificial intelligence. \nAbove all\, the book continues the author’s exploration of empathy between his characters and with us\, his readers: “I wanted to write sections from the point of view of an octopus.” \nAs befits summertime reading\, we will add other selections as we go\, meshing these themes with the interests of the group.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/were-going-on-an-adventure-summer-visionary-fiction/2023-06-26/2/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Art and politics,Classes/Events,Evolutionary biology,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Science Fiction,Visionary Fiction,War Fiction
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230626T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230626T170000
DTSTAMP:20230623T131928Z
CREATED:20230623T130650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230623T131928Z
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SUMMARY:"We're Going on an Adventure": Summer Visionary Fiction
DESCRIPTION:The MEP’s Science and Visionary Fiction Reading Group will read Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Ruin this summer.  The catchphrase\, “We’re going on an adventure\,” signals the novel’s overlapping themes of contemporary significance–desperate efforts to escape war and corporate destruction on Earth\, species-level competition to make new homes elsewhere\, and the varieties and the social significance of artificial intelligence. \nAbove all\, the book continues the author’s exploration of empathy between his characters and with us\, his readers: “I wanted to write sections from the point of view of an octopus.” \nAs befits summertime reading\, we will add other selections as we go\, meshing these themes with the interests of the group.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/were-going-on-an-adventure-summer-visionary-fiction/2023-06-26/1/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Art and politics,Classes/Events,Evolutionary biology,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Science Fiction,Visionary Fiction,War Fiction
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230603T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230603T160000
DTSTAMP:20230615T131418Z
CREATED:20230514T133712Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230615T131418Z
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SUMMARY:'The Man Who Changed Colors'
DESCRIPTION:A video of this June 3\, 2023\, event is available on the MEP’s YouTube channel. \n\nWith Bill Fletcher Jr\, activist/author/crime novelist\nWhen a dockworker falls to his death under strange circumstances\, investigative journalist David Gomes is on the case. His dogged pursuit of the truth puts his life in danger and upends the scrappy Cape Cod newspaper he works for. The Man Who Changed Colors delves into the complicated relationships between Cape Verdean Americans and African Americans\, Portuguese fascist gangs\, and abusive shipyard working conditions.\n“Bill Fletcher is a truth seeker and a truth teller – even when he’s writing fiction. Not unlike Bill\, his character David Gomes is willing to put his life and career in peril to expose the truth. A thrilling read!” – Tavis Smiley\, broadcaster and New York Times bestselling author \nBill Fletcher Jr has been an activist since his teen years. He has been active in workplace and community struggles and in electoral campaigns. He has worked for several labor unions in addition to serving as a senior staff person in the national AFL-CIO. Fletcher is a Senior Scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies and the former president of TransAfrica Forum. His books include a previous David Gomes story\, The Man Who Fell From the Sky\, and nonfiction works The Indispensable Ally: Black Workers and the Formation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations\, 1934-1941 (with Peter Agard); Solidarity Divided (with Dr. Fernando Gapasin)\, and ‘They’re Bankrupting Us’ and Twenty Other Myths About Unions. Fletcher is a syndicated columnist and a regular media commentator on television\, radio and the Web. \nBook available from Hardball Press.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/the-man-who-changed-colors/
LOCATION:Recording available on YouTube
CATEGORIES:African American History,American Literature,Anti-capitalist Literature,Capital vs. Labor,Class,Classes/Events,Colonialism,Cultural Resistance,Globalization,History,Labor Organizing,Literary Studies,Literature,Migration,Noir Fiction,Race and Class,Radical Literature,Seminars and Talks,Solidarity,US History
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230518T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230518T210000
DTSTAMP:20230314T141634Z
CREATED:20230314T135857Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230314T141634Z
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SUMMARY:Iran Awakening II: More Novels by Iranian Women
DESCRIPTION:I speak from the deep end of night.\nOf end of darkness I speak.\nI speak of deep night ending.\n – From “The Gift” by Forugh Farrokhzad\nThe spring 2023 series of the MEP Literature Group continues to focus on Iranian women writing since the 1978-79 Revolution whose stories are set inside Iran. We have compiled a reading list from an essay by Niloufar Talebi\, “100 Essential Books by Iranian Writers: An Introduction & Nonfiction\,” published on the Asian American Writers’ Workshop website. As we read\, one question we will keep in mind is that posed by Talebi: How does the publishing market limit Americans’ understanding of Iranian efforts? \nOver eight weeks we will read novels set in the period since the 1979 revolution. More information… \nEveryone is welcome!
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/iran-awakening-ii/2023-05-18/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Anti-capitalist Literature,Art and politics,Class and Gender,Classes/Events,Cultural Resistance,Gender,Literature,Modernity,Multi-session Classes,Poetry,Radical Literature,Repression,Revolutions,Social Reproduction,War Fiction,Women
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T170000
DTSTAMP:20230515T221345Z
CREATED:20230421T135343Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230515T221345Z
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SUMMARY:The Fallout of War: Metonyms of Militarism
DESCRIPTION:A video of this May 13\, 2023\, event is available on the MEP’s YouTube channel. \nYale Working Group on Globalization and Culture\nSecond of two parts. Part One \nWar: what is it\, and what is it good for? War might seem like a foregone conclusion or a state of exception; in either case it is an archetype of crisis. In two linked sessions\, the Yale Working Group on Globalization and Culture presents their collective research on a keyword of contemporary cultural studies – war – and investigates its many valences as lived reality and as metaphor. Trade wars can become militarized\, and hot wars can look cold\, depending on your vantage point. The race war\, Twitter tells us\, is impending; but in an age of US forever war(s)\, understanding war as punctuating the flow of history seems to be entirely insufficient. War is\, some argue\, a way of life\, a structuring condition that shapes our examinations of the history of the present. The war on drugs\, the war on poverty\, the war on COVID\, the war on Christmas – war is also a ubiquitous metaphor\, a self-righteous idiom that announces moral panic and articulates racial logic in otherwise terms. But metaphors of war have also influenced various radical traditions and social movements\, including anti-war activism and Gramsci’s deployment of metaphors of war in his theorizing of hegemony. Taking account of war as constitutive of the present\, the working group explores war’s meanings as event\, analytic\, and metaphor. \nPanel II Presentations:\nAanchal Saraf theorizes nuclear fallout in the Pacific as war itself moving through the landscapes\, bodies\, and generations of the Marshall Islands and its peoples.\nJavier Porras Madero explores “Dirty Wars” in Latin America for their classed\, raced\, and gendered dimensions as well as their implications for how we may understand conflict\, violence\, and the global Cold War.\nMadeleine Han’s presentation focuses on the Han River both as the face of South Korean postwar economic development (referred to as the “Miracle on the Han”) and as a repository of submerged cold war memories.\nMaru Pabón examines the dominant genres and styles of two poetic projects that emerged out of anticolonial/anti-imperial struggles in Palestine and Cuba\, shiʿr al-muqawama and coloquialismo\, in relation to the distinct temporalities of the two conflicts.\nMonique Flores Ulysses considers U.S. cultural texts seemingly disconnected from war but nonetheless imbricated in war-making during the early years of the Global War on Terror.\nMichael Denning chairs this panel. \nThe Yale Working Group on Globalization and Culture is an interdisciplinary cultural studies laboratory that has been practicing collective research at Yale University for two decades. Over the years\, we have presented work collaboratively at numerous cultural studies conferences as well as at the Marxist Education Project\, the Left Forum\, Occupy Boston\, and the World Social Forum. Past projects have been published as “Going into Debt\,” online in Social Text’s Periscope\, and as “Spaces and Times of Occupation” in Transforming Anthropology; a collective interview regarding “Matters of Life and Death” appeared in Revue Française d’Études Américaines. The current members—Aanchal Saraf\, Damanpreet Pelia\, Javier Porras Madero\, Jessica Marion Modi\, Lucero Estrella\, Madeleine Han\, Maru Pabón\, Michael Denning\, Monique Flores Ulysses\, and Salonee Bhaman—work in American studies\, history\, Latinx studies\, literary criticism\, African-American studies\, Asian American studies\, comparative literature\, and womens\, gender and sexuality studies.
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/wggc2023-2/
LOCATION:Recording available on YouTube
CATEGORIES:African American History,American Imperialism,American Literature,Anti-colonialism,Art and politics,Asia,Caribbean Studies,Class,Classes/Events,Colonialism,Globalization,Hegemony,historical materialism,History,Indigenous Peoples,Latin America,Literature,Media Criticism,Modernity,Poetry,Political Economy,Race and Class,Radical Literature,Revolutions,Seminars and Talks,State Formation,War,War Fiction,Working Class History
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SUMMARY:Iran Awakening II: More Novels by Iranian Women
DESCRIPTION:I speak from the deep end of night.\nOf end of darkness I speak.\nI speak of deep night ending.\n – From “The Gift” by Forugh Farrokhzad\nThe spring 2023 series of the MEP Literature Group continues to focus on Iranian women writing since the 1978-79 Revolution whose stories are set inside Iran. We have compiled a reading list from an essay by Niloufar Talebi\, “100 Essential Books by Iranian Writers: An Introduction & Nonfiction\,” published on the Asian American Writers’ Workshop website. As we read\, one question we will keep in mind is that posed by Talebi: How does the publishing market limit Americans’ understanding of Iranian efforts? \nOver eight weeks we will read novels set in the period since the 1979 revolution. More information… \nEveryone is welcome!
URL:https://marxedproject.org/event/iran-awakening-ii/2023-05-11/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Anti-capitalist Literature,Art and politics,Class and Gender,Classes/Events,Cultural Resistance,Gender,Literature,Modernity,Multi-session Classes,Poetry,Radical Literature,Repression,Revolutions,Social Reproduction,War Fiction,Women
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